Belmont Park Race 2 Results & Payouts – Oct 4, 2026

Belmont Park Race 2 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	8 VekomancerManuel Franco · T: Brad Cox	$3.62	$2.82	$2.34
2	10 Thirteen Red FlagsAntonio Fresu · T: Amira Chichakly	–	$10.32	$6.36
3	9 Vino FrizzanteRajiv Maragh · T: James Ferraro	–	–	$3.94

Finish

Horse

Win

Place

Show

8 VekomancerManuel Franco · T: Brad Cox

$3.62

$2.82

$2.34

10 Thirteen Red FlagsAntonio Fresu · T: Amira Chichakly

–

$10.32

$6.36

9 Vino FrizzanteRajiv Maragh · T: James Ferraro

–

$3.94

Exacta 8-10: $15.68 (pool $128,454)

Quinella 8-10: $12.87 (pool $5,415)

Trifecta 8-10-9: $22.27 (pool $50,848)

Daily Double 6-8: $6.66 (pool $78,919)

Superfecta 8-10-9-1: $17.16 (pool $29,390)

Time 1:17.45 · Track fast · Also ran: Cloudy Chance, Amy's Light, Cararra, Pocket Queens

Race 2 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	Cloudy ChanceCloud Computing – Betty's Chance	6-1	Jose LezcanoT: Chris Englehart	126 lb
2	Pocket QueensTonalist – Quiet Ending	10-1	Christopher ElliottT: Ilkay Kantarmaci	126 lb
3	CararraStreet Sense – Seacrettina	30-1	Katie DavisT: Charlton Baker	126 lb
7	Amy's LightCentral Banker – Dawn Lightning	12-1	Christian MaraghT: Edmund Pringle	119 lb
8	VekomancerVekoma – Smileforamile	7-2	Manuel FrancoT: Brad Cox	126 lb	1
9	Vino FrizzanteVino Rosso – Fabulous Babe	8-1	Rajiv MaraghT: James Ferraro	126 lb	3
10	Thirteen Red FlagsMaximus Mischief – Cove	15-1	Antonio FresuT: Amira Chichakly	126 lb	2

M/L is the track handicapper’s morning line. Live tote odds replace it near post; results and $2 payouts appear once the race is official.

Our Belmont Park Race 2 picks

Top pick8 Vekomancer 7-2

The 7-2 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Manuel Franco has won 32 of 157 rides (20%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Brad Cox is 6-for-24 (25%) in New York, with horses in the money 54% of the time.
By Vekoma out of Smileforamile.

Value play3 Cararra 30-1

At 30-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Katie Davis has won 2 of 55 rides (4%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Charlton Baker is 4-for-35 (11%) in New York, with horses in the money 46% of the time.
By Street Sense out of Seacrettina.

Longshot2 Pocket Queens 10-1

A 10-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
Christopher Elliott has won 5 of 81 rides (6%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Ilkay Kantarmaci is 5-for-48 (10%) in New York, with horses in the money 31% of the time.
By Tonalist out of Quiet Ending.

How our picks did

Top pick: Vekomancer (7-2) won, paying $3.62 to win.
Value play: Cararra (30-1) missed the board.
Longshot: Pocket Queens (10-1) missed the board.

How Race 2 sets up

Vekomancer is the 7-2 morning-line favorite, with Cloudy Chance next at 6-1. Prices stretch out to 30-1 on Cararra, so the board has real depth.

Among the riders, Manuel Franco has the best New York strike rate in our records: 20% wins from 157 mounts.

Forecast: becoming sunny, high of 69°F.

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